For the Love of Rust

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: (NIV)Ecclesiastes 3:1

I think my favorite projects are ones that use things that would have ended up at a Landfil or Scrap yard.

The Scrap yard was the destination for this little beauty.

Lately I've had a thing for clocks and clock faces. I wanted to use a large clock of some sort in my bathroom redo. So I went in search of something to use as a base, that's when I spotted this (there were 2, still thinking on the other)



Old rusty barrel lids, can you see the beauty in this?



I love how the edges are scalloped, and the different shades of rust, it just makes me smile!



In my stash of scrapbook stuff, I had these cardboard numbers, which I sprayed painted silver. They looked a little too new, so I gave them a little bit of rust with some rust colored paint, much better.

This is my favorite little place to decorate, and
re-decorate. I call it "My own Little Corner" You know like Cinderella "In my own little corner, in own little world"



I added a small old saw, to my berry wreath, the rusts match!

This little birds nest I made from chicken wire and moss, and added little blue speckled clay eggs I made.

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Up-Cycled Bread Box

Matthew 4:4        

"Jesus answered, "It is written: 'People do not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."" Matthew 4:4 (NIV)

But He replied, It has been written, Man shall not live and be upheld and sustained by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. [Deut. 8:3.](AMP)

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (KJV)

I picked up this Bread Box at the Goodwill, I have one just like it, that we received as a Wedding present, many years ago. We still use it and I've been thinking of updating it. So I thought this would give me a practice run.

I knew what I wanted it to look like, now I just needed to decide how I was going to achieve the "look"

I knew where to go for the graphic, The Graphic Fairy, of course, where else? http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/

I did finally achieve the "look" I desired, but not without a lot of do-overs, a bunch of trial and error, a lot of error!

Pinterest is loaded with transfer methods, so I started with what I thought would be the easiest.

The Wax Paper transfer method, and it smeared too much, then I went with the Freezer Paper transfer, still smeared. *sorry no pictures of the smeared mess, but I'm sure you can picture it...

Next up was the Mod Podge, with paper, then with Tissue Paper, I could not get the paper to come off with out taking some of the ink too! If you have a secret please let me know, I like that the transfer is darker.

I admitted defeat and decided to just stencil it, but I just wasn't happy with that. I love the stencil, it just wasn't what I wanted on my Bread Box.

I repainted (Again) and selected a new graphic, this time after printing it out on freezer paper, I cut out the different sections, and applied them one at a time, yea! Success!!!!!

I was so excited it finally worked that I applied one to the top, too!

I used home made white chalk paint, and distressed with both a sander and hand sanding, after which I applied a hand waxed finish.

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